Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa / Auckland, NZ band Ringlets have a new 7″ and digital single out via Leather Jacket Records and Flying Nun Records. It follows the band’s excellent debut, self-titled album of last year.

‘New Life‘ jitters and jerks like a lost Parquet Courts single, all twitchy nerve ends before the verse smooths out the cracks with Leith Towers’ melodic lead vocal and chugging electric guitars. It’s the chorus where things really burst into life, an effervescent urgent section of the song that recalls Sydney band Gold Class from the 2010s.

You think you’ve got a handle on the dynamics and arrangement but Ringlets have a surprise in store. At the 2:30 min mark they break down the rhythm into a wonky and infectious groove of deconstructed avant rock.

Catch Ringlets live at Auckland’s Junk Fest – which takes over Tāmaki Makaurau’s Whammy Bar, Backroom and The Wine Cellar on 7th June and at San Fran with Dale Kerrigan, Macho Macho & Feshh on 12th July.